The 5-Methoxyindoles Different from Melatonin: Their Effects on the Sexual Axis

Abstract

From the time of Lerner’s discovery of melatonin (Lerner et al., 1958) to the present, much pineal research has been centered on the study of the effects of melatonin, and to date this 5-methoxyindole is considered by many authors as the pineal hormone responsible for inhibiting the reproductive system (details and references in Reiter, 1980) or the pineal factor conveying the photoperiodic message (see details and references in Hoffmann, 1981.

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